Anthony J Nunes

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-50567.jpeg UPL 50567 S/Sgt Anthony J Nunes, 457BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 50567 - S/Sgt Anthony J Nunes, 457BG

Assigned to 749BS 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Gydnia, Poland in B-17 42-31629 9-Apr-44; shot down by Fw190's in target area. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3664



Awards: DFC, PH, AP, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-806324
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Taunton, Massachusetts 28 July 1923 Son of Manuel Alphonso and Mary Nunes. Tooke his step fathers surname of Nunes.

Enlisted

San Francisco, CA 16 January 1941 San Francisco, California

Died

Gydnia, Poland 9 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Gydnia, Poland in B-17 42-31629 9-Apr-44; shot down by Fw190's in target area. KIA MACR 3664

Buried

Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA 10 October 1949 Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, California

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Glatton 9 April 1944 Assigned to 749BS 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers; MACR 3664 / MACR 3664 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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